Improved scaffold



UNITED i STATES PATENT OEEICE.

HORACE LITTLEFIELD, OF LEWIS,v IOWA.

IM PROVED SCAFFOLD.

Specification forming part of .Letters Patent No. 49,283, dated August8,1865.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HORACE LITTLEEIELD, of Lewis, in the county of Cassand State of Iowa, have invented anew and Improved Scaffold forBuilding, Ste.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in theart to make and usethe same, refer ence being hadto the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specication, in which- Figure 1 is an endview of the scaffold, showing its application to a building. Fig. 2 is afront view ofthe same.

Similar letters of reference indicate 4like parts.

The object of my' invention is to provide a portable scaold which may bequickly put together, readily adjusted for use to the side of A abuilding or structure, capable of having its height raised or lowered asoccasion may require; and it consists in constructing the end supportsof the platform in the form of an angle, one side of which rests againstthe building or structure, and in supporting the same on legs or propswhich are forced into the ground.

To enable others to understand my invention, I will proceed to describeit. Y

A B are twopieces of timber, which arejoined together at one end in anysuitable way to form a right angle.

a b are battens or strips of board secured on each side of the timbers AB to strengthen the same, as well as to serve as guides for the props orlegs C.

D is the platform, which may be of any desired length, its widthcorresponding with the timber A on which it rests.

c c are stanchions secured to the end supports, A b, near the outer edgeof the platform, so arranged as to be turned down when the platform isnot in use, and to be thrown up and receive on their tops a railing, E,which serves the purpose of preventing the persons on the platform fromfalling off its front edge, as well as to provide a counter or place onwhich to saw or perform any like necessary work while the platform is inuse, d being stops against which the lower portions of the stanchions oc bear to prevent their being thrown outward.

The legs O have a metal point, e, attached to one end for insertion inthe ground, and the said legs are made of such a width as to per- 4 mittheirinsertion between the battensor strips a b, as shown clearly inFig. 2.

The scaffold is put together in the following manner: The platform D isplaced upon the end supports, A B a b, and secured in place either byscrewing it fast to the said end pieces or by dropping bolts in holesprovided for them in both the platform and the timber A, or in anysuitable way that will permit its ready removalwhen the scaii'old istaken down, so as to enable the parts to be packed more closelytogether. After the platform and end supports have been securedtogether, the legs O are inserted between the battens or strips a b,their upper ends resting in the angle formed bythe timbers A B, as shownclearly in Fig. 1. The scaffold is then raised and the points e of thelegs thrust into the ground in a manner that will cause the timber Bofthe scaffold to press against the side of the building or structure,the height ofthe scaffold being,.ofeourse, varied accordingly as thebottoms of the legs are placed nearer to or farther from the sides ofthe building. The railing E is then placed on the stanchions c c', andthe scaold is ready for use. lt is obvious that it may be taken apart inlike manner and closely packed for transportation or for economizingroom.

This scaffold will be found very rm and reliable. 1t can be cheaplyconstructed, and will meet a great want at present existing.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by'Letters Patent, is-

- 1. The end supports, A B a b, in combination with the platform D andlegs C, constructed.

substantially as herein described.

2. The legs C, in combination with the end HORACE LITTLEFIELD.

Witnesses z NEHEMIAH C. MOEEITT, GEORGE M. LTTTLEEIELD.

